To make the privacy policy suitable for an AdSense website, you need to add a section specifically addressing the use of Google AdSense and how it uses cookies to serve personalized ads. This is a requirement for compliance.
Here is the modified version of the privacy policy with the necessary addition:
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected on our website, how it’s used, and what rights you have over your data. Our website address is: https://storiesandtales.co.ke.
Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information you provide in the comments form. We also collect your IP address and your browser’s user agent string to help us with spam detection.
An anonymized string (called a hash) created from your email address might be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. You can review their privacy policy here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, please be careful to avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). This is because other visitors to the site can download these images and extract that location data.
Cookies
We use cookies to make your experience on our site more convenient.
- Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is so you don’t have to re-enter your details the next time you comment. These cookies last for one year.
- Login Cookies: When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will stay active for two weeks. Logging out will remove these cookies.
- Temporary Cookies: We use a temporary cookie on our login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
- Article Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved in your browser that includes the post ID of the article you just edited. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Our articles may include embedded content, such as videos, images, or other articles from other websites. This embedded content behaves as if you have visited the original website.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to their site.
Advertising and Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy at the following URL: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
- Other third-party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track users’ activities on this website to measure ad effectiveness and other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies. We have no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third-party advertisers.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This allows us to automatically approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them for moderation.
- Registered Users: For anyone who registers on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (they cannot change their username). Our website administrators can also access and edit this information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the right to request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also ask us to erase any personal data we hold about you. This request does not include any data we are legally or administratively required to keep.
Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
